Non-Audio Issue with Win 10

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Netnorske
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Non-Audio Issue with Win 10

Post by Netnorske » Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:29 pm

I recently purchased a new PC with Win 10 pre-installed. After loading the latest version of Audacity, I have no audio issues, but getting tracks to start normally has been a problem. On Win 7, I simply held down the shift button, clicked the record button and a new track would immediately begin to record. Now when I do that, a useless phantom track pops up and getting a new track to start recording requires me to keep pushing buttons of all sorts before the track suddenly will start. It is driving me nuts....what worked so simply on Win 7 has made using the program a real PIA on Win 10. Is there a patch or something I can download to alleviate this problem...??

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Re: Non-Audio Issue with Win 10

Post by kozikowski » Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:43 pm

Shift-R and R are reversed in Audacity 2.2.1. Everybody complained that R would not append a recording to the end of an existing track. Now it does.

There may be a preference for this.

Checking.

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Re: Non-Audio Issue with Win 10

Post by kozikowski » Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:47 pm

Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Recording.

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Re: Non-Audio Issue with Win 10

Post by Netnorske » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:15 pm

kozikowski wrote:Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Recording.

Koz
Thanks Koz....I will look for that...!!

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